Sealing-wax melter.



G. S. PROGTOB. & J. B. PRENDERGAST. SEALING WAX MELTEB.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1913.

Patented Mar. 2. 1915.

M TNEJEEE ED STATES PATENT GFFIC.

GEORGE STEPHEN PROCTOR AND JOHN BARR-ETT PRENDERGAST, OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO,

CANADA.

SEALING-WAX MELTEE.

Application filed May 24. 1913.

To all w/wm it may concern.

Be it known that we, GEORGE STEPHEN PRocTon and Jolis iannn'r'r Pitnxm-znoas'r, both of the city of Ottawa, county of Carleton, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sealing-lVax Melters; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in sealing wax melters, and the objects of the invention are to provide a simple and effective device by whichv sealing wax may be melted and' applied to any article without Waste or danger of fire.

The invention consists essentially in the novel construction and arrangement of parts more particularly set forth in the following specification and the drawings that form part of the same. i

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the device, and Fig. 2 is a general perspective view of the device. lFig. 3 is a sectional detail of the nose.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Referring to the drawings: 1 is the holder or handle, which may be made of hard rubber, asbestos, fiber or the like, and which is formed with the orifice 2, adapted to receive a stick of sealing wax, and with a smaller orifice 3 adapted to receive Wires 4 conveying electrical energy.

5 is a double button or other suitable form of switch, arranged and connected for making or breaking the circuit in the melting apparatus.

6 is a tube or sleeve preferably of zincaluminum, adapted to fit into and be secured to the end 7 of holder 1.

8 is the nose or melting piece of the device, having the tapered orifice 9, across which orifice are arranged the heat conducting bars 10, said bars being secured to the nose 8, and like it, preferably of copper. 1.1 is a groove on the outside of said nose, adapted to receive the insulation 12, and wound thereon are the coils 13 which are preferably of German silver wire of a suitable section to act as a heating agent when electrical energy is passed through them.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

Serial No. 769,598.

If found desirable insulation may be arranged between the coils of said wire.

14 is acap or shield, which tits over the nose of the device, keeping the samel in position, also protecting the heating coils 13.

It is preferable to insert a washer 15 of a material adapted to act as a non-conductor of heat between the nose S and the sleeve 6, also a ring 1o of the saine material between the nose 8 and the cap lai.

In the operation of this device, the sealin wax bar is dropped into the orifice 2, an by using the switch 5 current is passed through the heating coils 13, which quickly heat the nose 8 and the wires 10 suiliciently to melt the end of the stick of sealing waX touching the nose.

The particular purpose of the wires 10, is to provide an evenly heated flow of wax, and to disturb the wax in its downward flow, thus preventing lumpiness.

Since many changes niight be made in the above construction, also many apparently dittercnt embodiments made of the invention within the scope of the claims, such constructions not departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. it is intended that all mattei' contained in the foregoing specification and in the drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative rather than as binding in regard to detail.

What we claim as our invention is:

1. device of the class described comprising a holder having an orifice therethrough adapted to receive a stick of scaling wax and being provided with a second orifice cXtend= ing therethrough, a slccvc adapted to engage with thi` lower end ot' thc first said orifice, a nose piece having a tapered oritice therethrough. such nose piece being designed to be mounted on the end of the said holder, electric wires adapted to pass through the second said orilice` such wires being wound around the said nose picrc. a switch extending through the outer periphery of thc second said oriiicc and adapted to control the electric energy in 'thc said coils, a shield to lit over the said nosc piece, such shield being designed to engage with thil outer periphery of the said holder and a washer of non-conducting material lorated between the said nose piece and the said shield, as and for the purpose specified 2. A device of the class described compris' ing a holder having an orifice therethrough,

a sleeve adapted to engage with the lower end of the said orifice., a nose piece having a tapered orifice therethrough, such nose piece being designed to be mounted on the end of the said holde1',a switch, heating coils wound around the said nose piece such coils being adapted to be heated by electrical energy governed by said switch, a shield adapted to 10 fit over said nose piece, such shield being designed to enga ge with the outer periphery of the said holder and barsiextdndhg diametrically across the tapered orice m the isaii hose piece, as and for the purpose specie In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE STEPHEN PROCTOR. JOHN BARRETT PRENDERGAST. Witnesses:

RUSSEL B. SMART, PEARLE M. GARROW- 

